episode_0502

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“Phew.”

Sarah let out a long sigh. Since it was announced that the Trench Party would attack, there was a mountain of work to do as the lord of the palace to protect the safety of Podalap Palace.

After struggling with hard work all day, it was already late at night. Sarah, who returned to her residence late at night, heard faint cries and asked Sibi.

“What is this fuss about?”

“Nabin Sojeo came to Ramo’s residence…”

Navin? Sarah walked into Ramo’s room. And when I opened Ramo’s door.

“Hueenn…!”

I could see Navin hugging Ramo tightly and crying, and Ramo being held tightly by Navin and not knowing what to do.

“Nabin..?”

“Aunt!!”

And Sarah, too, couldn’t help but look troubled as Naveen rushed to her crying.

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“That’s what I said!”

Navin, who barely stopped crying when Sarah patted him, told them about the conversation he had with Ho Cheon-an today.

“That’s right.”

“You did too much!”

Ramo assimilated Naveen’s feelings and became excited, and Sara patted Naveen on the back and reminisced about their childhood.

Sara smiled bitterly as she recalled the image of Ho Cheon-an looking embarrassed in the middle of a fierce fight between Black Cat and Yeo Il-ye.

‘You still don’t know how women feel.’

No, is it the child’s heart this time?

Even though the delivery method was bad, it was very bad. Ho Cheon-an’s intention may have been to give Navin a chance to choose, but… would Navin really be able to accept it that way?

It would not have been so.

Isn’t that why he came to Ramo crying so sadly?

Sara patted Naveen and opened her mouth.

“At the time when I suffered from dyssyllable veins. Do you know how Hocheonan Daehyup treated me?”

So what can we do?

It was his job to let Ho Cheon-an know how much he cared for Navin.

However, Navin’s expression frowned when he heard the word Hocheonan. Since he was very angry with Ho Cheon-an, he expressed his intention that he did not want to hear stories about Ho Cheon-an.

however.

Sara knew how to melt Naveen’s heart.

Magic.

“Hocheonan Daehyup performed an amazing feat called magic.”

For the first time in a long time, Sarah opened the drawer containing the magic tools. After Ho Cheon-an disappeared. It wasn’t just martial arts that Sarah worked hard to hone.

“Have you ever seen the magic performed by Hocheonan Daehyup?”

Saying so, Sara removed the ball in front of Naveen. Watching Naveen’s eyes widen, Sarah smiled and took out the magic squirrel card.

“Wow…!”

Now, as Sara, a skilled magician, performs, Navin forgets his anger towards Ho Cheon-an and is mesmerized by Sara’s mysterious magic.

Seeing Naveen like that, Sarah was also lost in memories. A mysterious magic that made me forget even my painful body for a moment. Even after I got better, I loved the magic so much that whenever Ho Cheon-an performed a magic trick, I would rush over and watch it from the front row.

Sarah thought as she looked at Naveen, who was looking up at her with sparkling eyes. Did Ho Cheon-an at that time feel what he feels now while looking at Sarah?

Suddenly Sarah felt the mystery of fate. He, who had watched the magic performance in front of Ho Cheon-an with sparkling eyes, was showing the magic that Ho Cheon-an had taught him to Ho Cheon-an’s disciple.

When Sara signaled the end of the act by raising one arm and putting one arm to her chest, imitating Hocheonan from her memory, Navin finally came to his senses and clapped.

“Awesome…Awesome!”

“Hehe. These are all things that Hocheonan Daehyup taught me.”

Could it be that curiosity about magic suppressed antipathy towards Hocheonan? After confirming that Navin’s expression was not frowned, Sara sat Navin on her lap and opened her mouth.

“It happened when I was fifteen.”

Naveen silently listened to Sarah tell her an old story. What kind of performance did Ho Cheon-an show in the past in Lhasa? How Ho Cheon-an treated Sarah, who had an oral syllable. How mysterious and amazing the process was.

“An old man like that would have been able to treat Navin without having to come to Podalap Palace. Still, didn’t the old man come all the way to Podalap Palace to prepare for the possibility that Naveen might go wrong? I think so.”

“…”

Navin bowed his head in silence. In Navin’s mind, the image of Ho Cheon-an, who had spent the past three months alone in his room reading material, came to mind.

I wish I could live here my whole life.

During the time when he was happy enough to have such thoughts, Ho Cheon-an was just silently going through a difficult time for Navin.

Such actions were proof of Ho Cheon-an’s feelings for Navin.

It was only then that Naveen realized the truth.

Tears with a different meaning than before flowed down Navin’s cheeks. Sarah wiped Naveen’s tears and spoke softly.

“Please trust the elderly a little more.”

Navin nodded silently.

“I…I’m going.”

“Want me to go with you?”

Naveen shook his head. It was because he wanted to reveal his feelings to Ho Cheon-an without relying on anyone.

“Okay.”

Sarah made up her mind and let Naveen go. Navin bowed his head towards Sara and Ramo and ran vigorously to the dormitory where Ho Cheon-an was waiting.

Naveen kicked down the door of the dormitory and entered. Ho Cheon-an looked at Navin, who was out of breath, in silence.

Navin also looked at Hocheonan.

The events from the time he met Ho Cheon-an until now flashed through Navin’s mind.

Ho Cheon-an gave me courage when I was afraid of the trip and wanted to stay crouched in the village.

When I felt lonely and alone, I did my best to run to him.

In order to teach martial arts and to ensure Navin’s health, I read the materials for three months.

And for Naveen’s happiness. He was even prepared to take Naveen away from his side.

I was so angry that I even thought that way!

He fully knew that Ho Cheon-an did it for his own benefit. I understood it with my head through Sarah’s story.

“Grandpa.”

“Tell me.”

“A lot of happy things happened after I met my grandfather. I enjoyed the scenery while riding Hwajeo, rolling around with Seogong, clinging to Miho, and screaming with excitement when Seokwoong played with me. After playing like that, my grandfather would cook me a delicious meal. Now, let’s sleep together with the spirits and move on while looking at new scenery…”

I understood it with my heart through Ho Cheon-an’s gaze looking at me now.

Uneasy.

Navin could feel that Hocheonan was waiting for him with a lot of anxiety.

“I really, really like Ramo and Gungju. The people at Podalap Palace are like that too. So, I thought it would be nice to live in Podalap Palace for the rest of my life.”

Sara watched and felt Ho Cheon-an’s eyes tremble violently.

Just as Sarah was hurt by Ho Cheon-an’s words of wanting to abandon her, Ho Cheon-an also had Sarah’s actions in mind.

Sarah was just mindlessly enjoying the things that Ho Cheon-an gave her. Because nothing was expressed.

So, Ho Cheon-an was not confident.

Is Naveen really going to follow me? Wouldn’t it be better to have a good time at Podalap Palace rather than just go through a rough and arduous journey?

I had that suspicion.

“But. The reason I wanted to live in Podalap Palace for the rest of my life was because my grandfather was here with me.”

So Naveen decided to reveal his will.

In a form that Hocheonan can never be confused about.

Navin knelt down and bowed to Ho Cheon-an.

“Please accept me as your disciple.”

“Nabin…!”

Navin lowered his posture in surprise and expressed his will as he looked at Ho Cheon-an, who was holding his hand.

“I want to continue traveling with my grandfather and the spirits. It’s heartbreaking to say goodbye to the people of Podalap Palace, but it’s okay. So please accept me as your disciple.”

Become a disciple.

Hocheonan’s eyes shook violently as Navin expressed his intention to never fall and not to even think about dropping it.

“This grandfather…will travel to various places and do many things to stabilize the world. Perhaps, I may neglect you in the process.”

“It’s okay.”

Because I know it will never be like that.

“Becoming a disciple means that Navin must share the same ideas as me. Is it really okay though?”

“Yes.”

Naveen also hoped that Sabokseol would return to the central plain and that Podalap Palace would be peaceful.

He also hoped that Ho Cheon-an would not worry and suffer because of him.

So Navin smiled brightly and said.

“From now on, I will work hard to learn martial arts and help my grandfather!”

“….Thank you.”

In response to Ho Cheon-an’s seemingly choked answer, Navin rushed into Ho Cheon-an’s arms. In fact, Navin didn’t really like being held in Hocheonan’s arms.

How could a human body be so hard as steel? It was not a good feeling to say the least.

But Navin hugged that strong body tightly and said,

“From today onwards, I will call you Master!”

Ho Cheon-an did not answer. However, Ho Cheon-an also just hugged Navin. However, Naveen could sense a clear sense of approval in that action.

With just one charlatan. Navin and Hocheonan were just one child.

The two people, who had finally become teacher and disciple, hugged each other for a while.